Solo Artist from California - now Texas
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Shining On
Hi Dan. You certainly know how to relax me with your music. I am a lover of ambient music and that's why checking out your profile and newest tracks is always a treat. This track is lovable. In fact I loved it so much that I wish you'd do an extended version of it. You've got to let me know if you've got an album coming out cause I certainly would buy it!! Another gorgeous track. I love it. Hope all is good with you. You've got my vote. PJ
Dan, my apologies for commenting...I start my day often with this track. So moody and brooding....so pensive and evocative...so much room for thought and feeling....just washes and washes over me...wave after wave...The Other Side Of "AWESOME" ! Extraordinary ;) Thumbs!
Professionalism personified!
Nice and chilled Dan :) rather warm too :) has a kind of space vibe to it :) could easy imagine this in some kind of out of space movie :) very much enjoyed...and thanks for stopping by my page too...peace,Ricky
Thanks a lot for the positive comments on my new song!!
Great track! Intro is really effective. Produciton is excellent! Really enjoyed this! Thumbs up.
This is so tranquil. It takes you on a journey. Absolutely beautiful . Rated. Paul.
Dan! I remember this one. Powerful! So uplifting. In my mind I see the sun breaking and the beginning of a new day. A fresh start? Your music always speaks to me. Love this one. I stole a dl and I thank you for it All the best to you! Eric
Hi Dan - this is lovely - a quality piece of ambience - its great to just close my eyes and drift away with this track for a few minutes - rated. All the best for 2012
Well I think I'll wear my mask to bed and have this track on repeat and finally get a good night sleep. Very soothing.
I don't recall this one, but then I am in and out of here like I don't know what! Lovely epic kind of feel. Really love your creations I have done more Toobs and your sound just enhances them so magnificently. Thank you.
So good to be taken on your journey with this one again. Would fit very well into a program about our universe as it is full of dynamics. Great to hear you again Dan and all the best for 2012
It might be an oldie, still a joy to listen too.
Howdy! A Southern California artist living in Texas. Go figure. Make em up as I go along. Charter member of the pray and play theory of music...;-). I have been extremely fortunate to have some of the best artists on this site take some of my musical creations and take them to "a whole nother level" . The following artists have been kind enough to do this.
Essence Amy Caldwell James (Andy) Oakwood Saphfire Dawn Sinclair Anton H. Joseph Rodriguez Pete Vines Vince Fidele (Riddle) Tony Miller Andrew Foyston (ANDYF) And the irrepressible : David Joel Carter (Tex Nehilo) Happy New Day An old year withers, a new one sproutsThe people celebrate with spirits and shoutsBut is this something so special to learnPerhaps just a page of a calendar turnedI don’t remember just what I didOne week ago, let alone last April midThis time, it’s funny it goes all so fastAnd never, never seems to ever quite lastThe old they yearn of the days back thenThe young cry for only the days just how and whenIt seems so sad, to wish for much moreOr less is much of the same old kind of boreIf I can be grateful for the breath I just tookThe rose I am smelling or the comfort of a good bookOr the taste and the feeling of my lover’s lips a kiss tookI need not try think that my day is mistookThe world is full of turmoil, war and decayHow can I be happy if I look too far awayIf I am burdened with unhappy thoughtsI need just to start a brand new day now broughtA second, a minute an hour or twoAnd my life will change if I just try to doSomething for someone other than meMy soul and my heart are in sweet harmonyIf I can live in the moment or dayThe blessings that come I can’t even sayToo many lost weeks or months on the vineAre taken away one day at a time
Essence Amy Caldwell James (Andy) Oakwood
Saphfire Dawn Sinclair Anton H.
Joseph Rodriguez Pete Vines Vince Fidele (Riddle)
Tony Miller Andrew Foyston (ANDYF)
And the irrepressible : David Joel Carter (Tex Nehilo)
Happy New Day An old year withers, a new one sproutsThe people celebrate with spirits and shoutsBut is this something so special to learnPerhaps just a page of a calendar turnedI don’t remember just what I didOne week ago, let alone last April midThis time, it’s funny it goes all so fastAnd never, never seems to ever quite lastThe old they yearn of the days back thenThe young cry for only the days just how and whenIt seems so sad, to wish for much moreOr less is much of the same old kind of boreIf I can be grateful for the breath I just tookThe rose I am smelling or the comfort of a good bookOr the taste and the feeling of my lover’s lips a kiss tookI need not try think that my day is mistookThe world is full of turmoil, war and decayHow can I be happy if I look too far awayIf I am burdened with unhappy thoughtsI need just to start a brand new day now broughtA second, a minute an hour or twoAnd my life will change if I just try to doSomething for someone other than meMy soul and my heart are in sweet harmonyIf I can live in the moment or dayThe blessings that come I can’t even sayToo many lost weeks or months on the vineAre taken away one day at a time
D. Michaelson 1/2008
This piece is as most of what I hear from Dan. Ambient by nature on the borderline of new age but really ambient as the passion involved is so thought provoking. The quality of sounds and just enough of structure to keep you guessing where it's going next at the same time, the flow doesn't keep you waiting but going along for the journey. That's magic. Dan has that aplenty and just about anyone wh
Essence is a very talented lady from MP3 Unsigned who I have reviewed once or twice, notably on Towers Are Gone (July 2008) a marked departure from her usual style, and her first (I think) collaboration with Dan Michaelson, an American keyboard player and songwriter. He supplied the music and she supplied the vocals and lyrics and - despite it being in a genre I don't normally care for - I found
What a beauty music...I can see the princess on his room...and walking over all of her palace...a beauty, and magical descriptive music...rated!
Dan Michaelson describes himself as "truly an amatuer". For reasons none other than he is not fully conversant with the mechanics of musical theorem. I suspect as a result of that some people feel the need to explain themselves and somehow belittle themselves when faced with the critics imaginary lack of theory beating stick. What i mean by this is that nobody should call themselves an amatuer, ci